Arctic anthropologist and filmmaker Andrei Golovnev will present the keynote lecture on “Russia in the Circumpolar North: An Overview” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, in 115 Shideler Hall.

Golovnev is a senior anthropologist at the Institute of History and Archaeology in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and founder and director of the Ethnographic Bureau. He has led numerous anthropological and archaeological expeditions in the Russian North, particularly studying peoples who depend on large-scale reindeer herding.

Researchers from England, Canada, Russia and Estonia will present talks at panels held Friday on “The Philosophy and Efficacy of a Development Policy” at 10 a.m. and on “Legal Systems: Coming to Grips with Russia” at 2 p.m.

Panels on Saturday include “Evenki” at 10 a.m. and “Formation of Civil Society” at 2 p.m.